Saturday, August 13, 2016

The Founders at Home

Author: Myron Magnet
Stars: 2
Review by: Mandy Apgar


Who names their kid "Myron Magnet" for God's sake? Alliteration like that either condemns you to a life of James Bond villainy, exotic dancing, or writing really dull books that probably nobody will read. It appears he opted for the latter. From the jacket this looked to be more of an examination of the homes of the various founders and daily life of the period. Instead what you get is a series of biographies - Hamilton is really freaking short, Jefferson's even more so in proportion, and Washington's huge, of each one. Not much on home life. And a few of the decisions - why make Jefferson's section so small, why the grating bias against John Adams? - make little to no sense.

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